Missing woman believed buried under Lomita restaurant

Mar 2, 2011 12:43:58 AM- latimes.com

L.A. County sheriff's detectives suspect David Viens, 47, of killing his wife, Dawn, and concealing her body at the cafe he runs. Viens was booked on suspicion of murder at a hospital where he is recovering from injuries sustained when he jumped from a cliff.

Authorities with pickaxes, shovels and cadaver dogs dug through the floor and walls of a popular Lomita restaurant, trying to solve a 16-month-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of the cafe owner's wife.